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For the past seven years, Chennai has been plagued by floods, droughts, and other extreme climate events. The city is a great case study of what can go wrong when industrialisation goes unchecked, causing the encroachment of flood plains and waterways to satisfy the demand for new homes, factories, and …

Debate over how strongly to act on the climate crisis is playing out in the U.S. midterms in Arizona. Tom Walters reports. Subscribe to CTV News to watch more videos: https://www.youtube.com/ctvnews Connect with CTV News: For the latest news visit: http://www.ctvnews.ca/ For a full video offering visit the CTV News …

There are growing calls for richer nations to pay poorer countries for loss and damage caused by climate change. Sky correspondent Hannah Thomas-Peter takes a look at what loss and damage is, and how likely it is that any compensation will actually be paid. SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel for …

The United Nations climate change summit has opened in Egypt with dire warnings about the future of the planet. A new UN report has revealed that the last 8 years were the hottest on record. It warns that recent extreme temperatures, wildfires and flooding are signals that climate change is …

Lake Mead is being drained, It’s not climate change! source

One by one, the grim scenarios climate scientists had outlined for the near future have been overtaken by events: extreme storms, droughts, floods and ice-sheet collapses whose sudden appearances have outstripped researchers’ worst predictions. Subscribe to Guardian News on YouTube ► http://bit.ly/guardianwiressub Catastrophic climate change is happening more rapidly and …

A growing number of TV meteorologists are addressing climate change as part of their weather coverage and in this video describe their approaches. source

Micheál Martin has hit out at the failures of the UN Security Council in his last UN address as Taoiseach. In his speech to the General Assembly in New York, Mr Martin said it “beggars belief” that the UN had failed to agree a resolution on climate change. He slammed …

Countries must prioritise tackling climate change or the world faces catastrophe. That warning comes from the head of the United Nations, António Guterres, who was speaking to the BBC in New York, before a major climate conference in Egypt. Mr Guterres warned of a tendency to put climate change on …

#drought #mississippiriver #mississippi Mississippi River Continues To Sink To Record Lows Due To Historic Drought See how the Mississippi River and its tributaries have dropped to record lows The Mississippi River Is Drying Up, Disrupting a Vital Supply Lane Mississippi River is near record low from drought and Gulf saltwater …